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Hermitage in Facts and Figures

The collection of the State Hermitage includes over 3 million works of art and world culture artefacts. It contains paintings, graphic works, sculptures, works of applied art, archaeological artefacts and numismatic objects.

The collection of the State Hermitage includes over 3 million works of art and world culture artefacts. It contains paintings, graphic works, sculptures, works of applied art, archaeological artefacts and numismatic objects.

The Hermitage is considered to have been founded in 1764, when Empress Catherine the Great acquired an impressive collection of works from the Berlin merchant Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky. The museum celebrates the anniversary of its founding each year on 7 December, St. Catherine’s Day.

Status of the Hermitage

In a Decree by the President of the Russian Federation dated 18 December 1991 the State Hermitage Museum was included into a list of the objects of national heritage belonging to all the people of the Russian Federation. In a Decree by the President of the Russian Federation dated 12 June 1996 the State Hermitage Museum was placed under personal patronage of the President of the Russian Federation.

In a Decree (No. 984) dated 29 November 2011 the new Statutes of the State Hermitage Museum, as a federal government funded institution, were approved. According to the Statutes the Government of the Russian Federation is to act as the museum founder.

In honour of the State Hermitage Museum, according to the Official Certificate of the International Astronomic Association and the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences dated 11 April 1997, a minor planet registered in the International Catalogue of Minor Planets under No. 4758 was named Hermitage.

Official Names
The State Hermitage Museum Federal Government Funded Cultural Institution;
The State Hermitage Museum; The Hermitage